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1290wgli

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Trying to recall what it looked (and sounded) like the year before I started in radio (1989).

WLNG – 92.1 – Full Service/Oldies
WXRK – 92.3 – Classic Rock
WLIR – 92.7 – Modern Rock
WPAT – 93.1 – Beautiful Music
WNYC – 93.9 – Varied/Classical
WCTO – 94.3 – Beautiful Music (WMJC/Magic 94.3 in 1990)
WFME – 94.7 – Religious
WHFM – 95.3 – AC (similar, IIRC, to WBLI)
WPLJ – 95.5 – CHR (just after WWPR, but still Power 95)
WQXR – 96.3 – Classical
WJAZ – 96.7 – Jazz (Oldies in 1990)
WQHT – 97.1 – Dance/CHR
WALK – 97.5 – AC
WSKQ – 97.9 – Spanish
WKJY – 98.3 – AC (just switched from Beautiful)
WRKS – 98.7 – Urban
WPLR – 99.1 – Album Rock
WBAI – 99.5 – Various (Pacifica)
WEZN – 99.9 – Beautiful Music (AC in 1990?)
WHTZ – 100.3 – CHR
WCBS – 101.1 – Oldies
WKCI – 101.3 - CHR
WBAZ – 101.7 – Light AC
WQCD – 101.9 - Jazz
WBAB – 102.3 – Album Rock
WNEW – 102.7 – Album Rock
WYNY – 103.5 – Country
WRCN – 103.9 – Album Rock
WNCN – 104.3 – Classical
WNSR – 105.1 – AC
WNWK – 105.9 – Various Ethnic
WBLI – 106.1 – AC (Hot AC was not a term yet, but it was Hot AC)
WLTW – 106.7 – Light AC
WWHB – 107.1 – CHR
WBLS – 107.5 - Urban

WLIX – 540 – Religious
WMCA – 570 – Religious
WICC – 600 – Full Service AC
WFAN – 660 – Sports
WOR – 710 - Talk
WGSM – 740 – Adult Standards
WABC – 770 – Talk
WCBS – 880 – News
WPAT – 930 – Beautiful Music
WINS – 1010 – News
WEVD – 1050 - Various
WHLI – 1100 – Adult Standards
WNEW – 1130 – Adult Standards/Talk (Night)
WLIB – 1190 – Urban Music/Talk
WGBB – 1240 – Talk
WADO – 1280 - Spanish
WGLI – 1290 - Oldies (Spanish WADO simulcast late in 1989)
WALK – 1370 – AC (FM Simulcast)
WRIV – 1390 – Adult Standards
WNYG – 1440 – Oldies
WZRC - 1480 - Z-Rock (Metal)
WTHE – 1520 – Gospel
WQXR – 1560 - Classical
WRHD – 1570 – Country
WLIM – 1580 – Jazz/Bands
WLNG – 1600 – Full Service/Oldies
WWRL – 1600 - Gospel
 
> Trying to recall what it looked (and sounded) like the year
> before I started in radio (1989).
>
> WLNG – 92.1 – Full Service/Oldies
> WXRK – 92.3 – Classic Rock
> WLIR – 92.7 – Modern Rock
> WPAT – 93.1 – Beautiful Music
> WNYC – 93.9 – Varied/Classical
> WCTO – 94.3 – Beautiful Music (WMJC/Magic 94.3
> in 1990)
> WFME – 94.7 – Religious
> WHFM – 95.3 – AC (similar, IIRC, to WBLI)
> WPLJ – 95.5 – CHR (just after WWPR, but still
> Power 95)
> WQXR – 96.3 – Classical
> WJAZ – 96.7 – Jazz (Oldies in 1990)
> WQHT – 97.1 – Dance/CHR
> WALK – 97.5 – AC
> WSKQ – 97.9 – Spanish
> WKJY – 98.3 – AC (just switched from Beautiful)
>
> WRKS – 98.7 – Urban
> WPLR – 99.1 – Album Rock
> WBAI – 99.5 – Various (Pacifica)
> WEZN – 99.9 – Beautiful Music (AC in 1990?)
> WHTZ – 100.3 – CHR
> WCBS – 101.1 – Oldies
> WKCI – 101.3 - CHR
> WBAZ – 101.7 – Light AC
> WQCD – 101.9 - Jazz
> WBAB – 102.3 – Album Rock
> WNEW – 102.7 – Album Rock
> WYNY – 103.5 – Country
> WRCN – 103.9 – Album Rock
> WNCN – 104.3 – Classical
> WNSR – 105.1 – AC
> WNWK – 105.9 – Various Ethnic
> WBLI – 106.1 – AC (Hot AC was not a term yet,
> but it was Hot AC)
> WLTW – 106.7 – Light AC
> WWHB – 107.1 – CHR
> WBLS – 107.5 - Urban
>
> WLIX – 540 – Religious
> WMCA – 570 – Religious
> WICC – 600 – Full Service AC
> WFAN – 660 – Sports
> WOR – 710 - Talk
> WGSM – 740 – Adult Standards
> WABC – 770 – Talk
> WCBS – 880 – News
> WPAT – 930 – Beautiful Music
> WINS – 1010 – News
> WEVD – 1050 - Various
> WHLI – 1100 – Adult Standards
> WNEW – 1130 – Adult Standards/Talk (Night)
> WLIB – 1190 – Urban Music/Talk
> WGBB – 1240 – Talk
> WADO – 1280 - Spanish
> WGLI – 1290 - Oldies (Spanish WADO simulcast late in
> 1989)
> WALK – 1370 – AC (FM Simulcast)
> WRIV – 1390 – Adult Standards
> WNYG – 1440 – Oldies
> WZRC - 1480 - Z-Rock (Metal)
> WTHE – 1520 – Gospel
> WQXR – 1560 - Classical
> WRHD – 1570 – Country
> WLIM – 1580 – Jazz/Bands
> WLNG – 1600 – Full Service/Oldies
> WWRL – 1600 - Gospel
>

Wasn't BLI a CHR in the late 80's?? (became Hot Ac in the early 90's & then went back to CHR in 96<P ID="signature">______________
R.I.P Party 105
5-27-98
9-15-05
</P>
 
> > Trying to recall what it looked (and sounded) like the
> year
> > before I started in radio (1989).
> >
> > WLNG – 92.1 – Full Service/Oldies
> > WXRK – 92.3 – Classic Rock
> > WLIR – 92.7 – Modern Rock
> > WPAT – 93.1 – Beautiful Music
> > WNYC – 93.9 – Varied/Classical
> > WCTO – 94.3 – Beautiful Music (WMJC/Magic 94.3
> > in 1990)
> > WFME – 94.7 – Religious
> > WHFM – 95.3 – AC (similar, IIRC, to WBLI)
> > WPLJ – 95.5 – CHR (just after WWPR, but still
> > Power 95)
> > WQXR – 96.3 – Classical
> > WJAZ – 96.7 – Jazz (Oldies in 1990)
> > WQHT – 97.1 – Dance/CHR
> > WALK – 97.5 – AC
> > WSKQ – 97.9 – Spanish
> > WKJY – 98.3 – AC (just switched from Beautiful)
> >
> > WRKS – 98.7 – Urban
> > WPLR – 99.1 – Album Rock
> > WBAI – 99.5 – Various (Pacifica)
> > WEZN – 99.9 – Beautiful Music (AC in 1990?)
> > WHTZ – 100.3 – CHR
> > WCBS – 101.1 – Oldies
> > WKCI – 101.3 - CHR
> > WBAZ – 101.7 – Light AC
> > WQCD – 101.9 - Jazz
> > WBAB – 102.3 – Album Rock
> > WNEW – 102.7 – Album Rock
> > WYNY – 103.5 – Country
> > WRCN – 103.9 – Album Rock
> > WNCN – 104.3 – Classical
> > WNSR – 105.1 – AC
> > WNWK – 105.9 – Various Ethnic
> > WBLI – 106.1 – AC (Hot AC was not a term yet,
> > but it was Hot AC)
> > WLTW – 106.7 – Light AC
> > WWHB – 107.1 – CHR
> > WBLS – 107.5 - Urban
> >
> > WLIX – 540 – Religious
> > WMCA – 570 – Religious
> > WICC – 600 – Full Service AC
> > WFAN – 660 – Sports
> > WOR – 710 - Talk
> > WGSM – 740 – Adult Standards
> > WABC – 770 – Talk
> > WCBS – 880 – News
> > WPAT – 930 – Beautiful Music
> > WINS – 1010 – News
> > WEVD – 1050 - Various
> > WHLI – 1100 – Adult Standards
> > WNEW – 1130 – Adult Standards/Talk (Night)
> > WLIB – 1190 – Urban Music/Talk
> > WGBB – 1240 – Talk
> > WADO – 1280 - Spanish
> > WGLI – 1290 - Oldies (Spanish WADO simulcast late in
> > 1989)
> > WALK – 1370 – AC (FM Simulcast)
> > WRIV – 1390 – Adult Standards
> > WNYG – 1440 – Oldies
> > WZRC - 1480 - Z-Rock (Metal)
> > WTHE – 1520 – Gospel
> > WQXR – 1560 - Classical
> > WRHD – 1570 – Country
> > WLIM – 1580 – Jazz/Bands
> > WLNG – 1600 – Full Service/Oldies
> > WWRL – 1600 - Gospel
> >
>
> Wasn't BLI a CHR in the late 80's?? (became Hot Ac in the
> early 90's & then went back to CHR in 96
>

BLI was never a true CHR. There was alot they wouldn't touch because they were very family oriented. Even though the term did not exist, they were more of a Hot AC with oldies at lunch and on the weekends (Sun night).
 
> > Wasn't BLI a CHR in the late 80's?? (became Hot Ac in the
> > early 90's & then went back to CHR in 96
> >
>
> BLI was never a true CHR. There was alot they wouldn't
> touch because they were very family oriented. Even though
> the term did not exist, they were more of a Hot AC with
> oldies at lunch and on the weekends (Sun night).
>

Even though I didn't listen to WBLI regularly in the 1980s, I've done some research on that station's early-1980s playlists via Billboard's "Singles Radio Action" section; so I can vouch for the above statement. In the early-1980s, when Bill Terry first began his long run as program director, 'BLI passed over a lot of major hits, especially in 1981 and early 1982. (i.e. "The Stroke" by Billy Squier, "Fire and Ice" by Pat Benatar, "I Love Rock N Roll" by Joan Jett, etc.) In fact, "I Love Rock N Roll" didn't finally get played on 'BLI until it got on one of those year-end "All-Time, All-Request" Top 300s in 1985!

Did Long Island even have anything resembling a Mainstream CHR/Top 40 in the early 1980s? Also, does anyone know if WBLI was covered in "Radio & Records" (R&R) in the mid-to-late-1970s?<P ID="signature">______________
David J.
E-mail: [email protected]</P>
 
> Did Long Island even have anything resembling a Mainstream
> CHR/Top 40 in the early 1980s? Also, does anyone know if
> WBLI was covered in "Radio & Records" (R&R) in the
> mid-to-late-1970s?
>

Many tell me HB-107 was pretty full-blown CHR in the late 1980's. As for R&R, I don't know how.

A former BLI staffer tells me that for a little while in 1988-early 1989, some dayparts where full blown CHR (7-mid M-F etc), but that others kept an AC flair.

In the late 80's they passed over alot of records at times, like M/A/A/R/S "Pump Up The Volume" and other Urban CHR hits that got spins on Z-100.
 
1290wgli said:
Trying to recall what it looked (and sounded) like the year before I started in radio (1989).

WLNG – 92.1 – Full Service/Oldies
WXRK – 92.3 – Classic Rock
WLIR – 92.7 – Modern Rock
WPAT – 93.1 – Beautiful Music
WNYC – 93.9 – Varied/Classical
WCTO – 94.3 – Beautiful Music (WMJC/Magic 94.3 in 1990)
WFME – 94.7 – Religious
WHFM – 95.3 – AC (similar, IIRC, to WBLI)
WPLJ – 95.5 – CHR (just after WWPR, but still Power 95)
WQXR – 96.3 – Classical
WJAZ – 96.7 – Jazz (Oldies in 1990)
WQHT – 97.1 – Dance/CHR
WALK – 97.5 – AC
WSKQ – 97.9 – Spanish
WKJY – 98.3 – AC (just switched from Beautiful)
WRKS – 98.7 – Urban
WPLR – 99.1 – Album Rock
WBAI – 99.5 – Various (Pacifica)
WEZN – 99.9 – Beautiful Music (AC in 1990?)
WHTZ – 100.3 – CHR
WCBS – 101.1 – Oldies
WKCI – 101.3 - CHR
WBAZ – 101.7 – Light AC
WQCD – 101.9 - Jazz
WBAB – 102.3 – Album Rock
WNEW – 102.7 – Album Rock
WYNY – 103.5 – Country
WRCN – 103.9 – Album Rock
WNCN – 104.3 – Classical
WNSR – 105.1 – AC
WNWK – 105.9 – Various Ethnic
WBLI – 106.1 – AC (Hot AC was not a term yet, but it was Hot AC)
WLTW – 106.7 – Light AC
WWHB – 107.1 – CHR
WBLS – 107.5 - Urban

WLIX – 540 – Religious
WMCA – 570 – Religious
WICC – 600 – Full Service AC
WFAN – 660 – Sports
WOR – 710 - Talk
WGSM – 740 – Adult Standards
WABC – 770 – Talk
WCBS – 880 – News
WPAT – 930 – Beautiful Music
WINS – 1010 – News
WEVD – 1050 - Various
WHLI – 1100 – Adult Standards
WNEW – 1130 – Adult Standards/Talk (Night)
WLIB – 1190 – Urban Music/Talk
WGBB – 1240 – Talk
WADO – 1280 - Spanish
WGLI – 1290 - Oldies (Spanish WADO simulcast late in 1989)
WALK – 1370 – AC (FM Simulcast)
WRIV – 1390 – Adult Standards
WNYG – 1440 – Oldies
WZRC - 1480 - Z-Rock (Metal)
WTHE – 1520 – Gospel
WQXR – 1560 - Classical
WRHD – 1570 – Country
WLIM – 1580 – Jazz/Bands
WLNG – 1600 – Full Service/Oldies
WWRL – 1600 - Gospel
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WCTO FM in Smithtown 94.3 became a Schulke SRP-programmed Beautiful Music station in 1970. It was owned by Greater Media who later (late 70s) came out with their own Beautiful Music format. I want to know when Greater Media's format (which was basically that of WGAY FM in Silver Spring MD) replaced that of SRP on WCTO. Would have been between late 70s and 1984 when SRP was sold and went out of business.
 
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